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by pdq 10y ago
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wallflower Definition 2
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What will improve the medical industry in the US dramatically is transparent pricing. When both consumers and providers have no idea how much the product or service they are using actually costs, there is no way to control costs (ie competi
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CSV Same way most web servers log traffic.
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No details of input power to the transmitter nor power received by the receiver. Companies have demo'ed similar devices before, but where the rubber meets the road is the efficiency and total power of the system. In other words, if it
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Props Reuben, I'm a fan of your podcast. For others that don't know: https://www.salesfornerds.io
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Of course. That's like asking if gravity will still exist in 100 years. No system has ever been more efficient than free markets, and robots will only help with efficiency. The only way to kill capitalism is by the state.
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2015. Are there updates on the project results?
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Defined contribution plans are such a simpler system. Defined benefit plans need professional actuaries to estimate a future with so many unknown variables: interest rates, rates of investment return, employee lifespans in 20+ years, retire
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I'm referring to the original 1992 food pyramid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_pyramid_(nutrition)#/medi... > Fats, oils, sweets: sparingly > Bread, cereal, rice & pasta: 6-11 servings Yes I a
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Let me know when the government wakes up and inverts the food pyramid, so that breads and grains and carbs are scarce, rather than fats.
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Vue.js Internals: How computed properties work(skyronic.com)
3 points by pdq 10y ago|0 comments
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You mean $10.5 MM, not $10,500.
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If you click on your incorrect voice command, Siri has a "tap to edit" link, where you can correct in text and re-execute the command.
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This is a repeat of the famous Getting Things Done book, which covers prioritizing your life through organization and scheduling.
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It's Mailchimp for SMS, without opt-in. The latter is the fatal problem.
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One of the benefits behind the electoral college is that it effectively forces candidates to visit smaller and more competitive states they would not otherwise campaign in. As different states become "swing" states, candidates go
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Why do they call this a merger instead of an acquisition? I assume merger means two companies merging into a new third company, versus acquisition being a larger company acquiring a smaller company into a new business unit of the parent com
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Isn't pastebin the correct site to post lists like this?
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Another simple theory is that introverted women may be better coders than both extroverted female and male coders.
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Visual TDD and awesome documentation(toucantoco.com)
1 points by pdq 10y ago|0 comments
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This is going to rub a lot of people the wrong way as unethical, but the best way to incentivize organ donation is if the donors get paid a market price for the organ. The donor is giving up a valuable piece of their body, taking time and
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This $5,900 chair may be the tech world's new key to productivity(latimes.com)
11 points by pdq 10y ago|6 comments
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When companies raise money, the first objective is to hire more employees. So I can certainly say, yes they are.
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Care to put down a wager? I'll give even odds.
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They are both non profits.
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I have no direct knowledge on IBM's processor, but from working on other processors, usually it's due to product yield. Today's cutting edge fabrication of multi-core chips makes it quite unlikely to get many dies to manufact
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From the article: "Until 2014, his name had been Kevin Brogan, but he legally changed it to merge names with his wife, Bambi."
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I believe an even scrappier idea is to start with a 'virtual assistant', like Zirtual, where you can start out with a small commitment and then ramp up as needed. When you need the full-time in-office admin, then you can go hire.
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The same way TodoMVC [1] has standardized Javascript framework 'Hello World' comparisons, someone should make an up-to-date CloudApp matrix which shows a basic cloud benchmark app in a matrix comparison for Amazon, Google, Digital
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They've got a three letter domain name. But that's worth a million bucks or so.

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